What challenges face the Palestinian educational system today in
light of the daily and cumulative frustrations of a decades-long
occupation? How have Palestinian academics, teachers, and higher
education officials produced a population considered by many Arabs
one of the most highly educated in the Middle East? What strategies
does Al Quds University employ to meet the needs of its student body
and broader community, particularly on the Abu Dis campus where
Israel's separation Wall confiscates land, prevents expansion, and
inhibits student attendance? Mohammed Dajani will speak on these and
other issues facing Palestinian educators today.

Dajani was appointed professor of political science and founded the
American Studies Institute at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem in
September 2000, a position he holds to this day. His appointment came
within weeks of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's controversial
visit with armed guards to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, a holy
place for Muslims, which set off the second Palestinian popular
uprising that continues to this day. Dajani was born in Jerusalem in
1946, two years prior to the Arab-Israeli war and creation of the
state of Israel. Dajani holds a PhD in international political
relations from the University of Texas, Austin and a PhD in political
science from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He holds a
Bachelor's and Master's in communication from the American University
of Beirut.

13 April 2005

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